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DISHWASHING MOP.

Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MASON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OC'IAVIUS KNIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

DISH-WASHING MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,650, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed'March 24, 1885. Serial No. 159,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a now and useful Improvement in Dish-VVashing and other Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is applicable to mops for all the different uses for which mops of various kinds and sizes are made and employed.

My improved mop is made in any size, according to the purpose for which it is intended. by taking a body of cotton cord, or any other suitable fibrous materiah'spreading or placing it across and stitching the sane upon a tape or other connecting web or band, and applying this to a suitable handle in such a manner that in use the handle will be so far covered as to present a body of the fibrous material sidewise in every direction, as well as over the end. The mat of cord or other fiber stitched upon a tape, band, or web, as described, may be applied to the handle by laying the central part over the end of the handle, drawing the ends downward in parallel longitudinal position, and attaching them by means of tacks; or, if preferred, it may be applied spirally around the handle, or in any other preferred mode, the free edges of the web or band being lapped one on the other over the stitched and tacked portion, and secured in this position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan of the mat ready for application to the handle. Fig. II is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. III is a side view showing the first application of the mat. Fig. IV is a side View of the complete mop or washer. Fig. V is a transverse section of the same. Fig. VI is an end or top view thereof. Fig. VII is a side view illustrating a modification.

1 represents a suitable handle, which in practice is of course made of any size'and length to adapt the utensil for its required purpose-as, for example, a dish-washing mop, a lamp-chimney cleaner, a window-cleaner, or a floor or carriage mop.

2 represents a body of any suitable fibrous material, which is conveniently made of cotton cord out to the required length and laid in a flat sheet of any required thickness, as illustrated in Figs. I and II.

In Fig. II I have shown the fibrous matter thicker at the center than toward the ends, in order to provide a closer and fuller body therefor at the end or top of the mop; but this is a matter of option.

3 represents a web or band, which I prefer to make of tape. To this band the cord or other fiber 2 is sewed, as shown in Figs. I and II, the stitches 4 passing completely through the web and the body of fiber, and effectually attaching and securing everycord. This operation is readily and quickly performed by means of an ordinary sewing-machine. The mat thus made is secured to the end of the handle 1 in any preferred manner. In Figs. III, IV, and V, I have shown it applied by laying the center of the mat over the end of the handle, preferably in a notch or depres- 7o sion, 5, and drawing the ends down in parallel longitudinal positions, where they are seen red by a close row of tacks, 6, Fig. III. The edges of the tape 3 are then folded over the center, so as to cover and conceal the tacks 6, 7 5 and the tape is secured in this folded position by two tacks, 7, at the extremities in the central part of the mat, as illustrated in Fig. IV, and as many more as may be necessary.

If preferred, the mat 2 3 may be laid spi- 8o rally around the handle 1, as shown in Fig. VII, completely and effectually covering the head of the handle.

In the proportions shown in Fig. VII the mop is well adapted for a lamp-chimney cleaner.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A mop consisting of a handle and abody 0 of cord stitched on a band or web running transversely of the body, folded over the end of the handle, and secured to the end and sides of the,latter, substantially as set forth.

2. A mop consisting of a handle having a 5 depression in the end thereof and a body of cord stitched on a band or web transversely of the body, folded over the end of the handle,

l and secured in the depression and to the sides of the handle by tacks, substantially as set forth.

3. A mop consisting of a handle and a body of cord stitched on a band or Web transversely of the body, folded over the end of the handle, wound spirally around the sides, and secured by tacks through the Web or band, substantially as set forth.

4. A mop consisting of a handle and a body of cord stitched on a band or Web transversely of the body, folded over the end of the handle, and secured to the end and sides of the latter by tacks, the free edges of the band or web being lapped one on the other :5 over the stitched and tacked portion and tacked to the handle, substantially as set forth.

G. W. MASON.

YVitnesses:

OOTAVIUS KNIGHT, HARRY E. KNIGHT. 

